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20090136270 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is configured to select one of electrically discharging of an intermediate transfer member carried out by applying a voltage to a primary transfer member and electrically discharging of the intermediate transfer member carried out by applying a voltage to a secondary transfer member according to a charged state of the intermediate transfer member after secondary transfer. | 05-28-2009 |
20100329707 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a transfer member constituting a transfer portion for transferring the toner image formed on said image bearing member onto a recording material; a voltage source for applying, to said transfer member, a voltage in the form of superimposed DC voltage and AC voltage; controller for controlling said voltage source such that a duty ratio, in the AC voltage, of a component increasing an absolute value of a transfer voltage is less than 50%; and an executing portion for executing an operation in an image forming mode in which the toner image is transferred from said image bearing member onto the recording material with the duty ratio controlled by said controller correspondingly to a kind of the recording material. | 12-30-2010 |
20110038654 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In the related art of a method called a gloss mark, clear toner capable of adjusting glossiness without varying color phase has been used in order to prepare a gloss mark. However, a development device for clear toner is necessary in addition to a development device for colored toner. Accordingly, there has been a problem of upsizing and cost increase of an image forming apparatus. | 02-17-2011 |
20110069979 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member; charging device for electrically charging the photosensitive member; an exposure device for exposing to light the photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image; a developing device for developing the electrostatic latent image into a toner image; a transfer member for forming a transfer portion at which the toner image is to be transferred from the photosensitive member onto a transfer material; a voltage control portion for controlling a transfer voltage to be applied to the transfer member so that a current passing through the transfer member is constant; and a current setting device for setting a current value in constant current control by the voltage control portion so that the current value is decreased when a ratio of a potential difference between the transfer voltage and a light portion potential provided by the exposure device to a potential difference between the transfer voltage and a dark portion potential provided by the exposure device is decreased and so that the current value is increased when the ratio is increased. | 03-24-2011 |
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20090283883 | Semiconductor device using lead frame - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip configured to process a signal in a radio frequency band; two conductive antenna connection pins connected with two external antenna conductors, respectively; an island for the semiconductor chip to be mounted thereon; a suspending pin connected with the island; and an antenna connection conductor configured to connect the two antenna connection pins without connection with the island and the suspending pin. A series connection of one of the two external antenna conductors, one of the two antenna connection pins, the antenna connection conductor section, the other of the two antenna connection pins and the other of the two external antenna conductors in this order, functions as an antenna by connecting the series connection with the semiconductor chip. | 11-19-2009 |
20100240381 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a communication control system which can prevent unnecessary communication connections while ensuring user-friendliness when 1 to N communication is performed. | 09-23-2010 |
20110001226 | LEAD FRAME, AND ELECTRONIC PART USING THE SAME - A lead frame includes a die pad on which at least one IC chip is mounted, a plurality of leads that electrically connect the IC chip and at least one external element, and a plurality of projections that are formed in at least one edge of the die pad. The projections are used as at least one bonding point that connect with at least one free terminal of the IC chip or as references of positioning when the IC chip is arranged on the die pad. | 01-06-2011 |
20110222795 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a separation section that separates image components having different attributes contained in electronic document data expressing an original image; a selection section that selects which mode from plural modes including a reusability emphasis mode for performing predetermined re-laying out of the image components with emphasis on reusability; and a generation section that re-lays the image components separated by the separation section according to the mode selected by the selection section, and generates software data corresponding to software for use. | 09-15-2011 |
20120063683 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a separating unit, a setting unit, and a determining unit. The separating unit separates an image into types of partial images other than a specific type, which is likely to be erroneously separated. The setting unit makes setting designating whether or not predetermined two types of partial images of the separated partial images are to be easily determined to be partial images of the specific type. The determining unit determines whether or not at least one of the predetermined two types of the partial images is the partial image of the specific type or not based upon the setting. | 03-15-2012 |
20120250078 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a structure information acquisition portion that acquires, from a list which is included in each of plural pieces of image data sorted in a predetermined order and is formed of rows and columns, structure information which includes row information including at least the number of the rows of the list and heights of the rows thereof and column information including at least the number of the columns thereof and the widths of the columns thereof; a list connection determination portion that determines, based on the acquired structure information, a set of connected lists among the lists respectively included in the plural pieces of the image data, and a connection direction of the connected lists; and a list connection portion that connects the set of the determined lists in the determined connection direction in an order of the plural pieces of the image data listed. | 10-04-2012 |
20120250107 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a header acquiring part, a table connection determining part, and a table connecting part. The header acquiring part acquires a header from a table, having rows and columns, included in each of plural pieces of image data arranged in a predetermined order. The table connection determining part determines whether the headers acquired from the tables match one another and determines, as a set of tables to be connected, adjacent tables having the matching headers. The table connecting part deletes the header from each of one or more second tables and connects a first table and the one or more second tables to each other in accordance with the predetermined order. The first table is included in a first piece of pieces of image data of the determined set of tables in the predetermined order. | 10-04-2012 |
20130016381 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODAANM SHIMIZU; JunichiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP SHIMIZU; Junichi Kanagawa JPAANM YAMADA; ToshiyukiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP YAMADA; Toshiyuki Kanagawa JPAANM TSUCHIBUCHI; KiyotakaAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP TSUCHIBUCHI; Kiyotaka Kanagawa JPAANM NIINA; HiroshiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP NIINA; Hiroshi Kanagawa JPAANM WAKIYAMA; TetsuyaAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP WAKIYAMA; Tetsuya Kanagawa JP - An image processing apparatus includes an extracting unit that extracts each tablespace image from each page of image data containing plural pages read by a document reading device, a generating unit that generates each table structure data of the tables from each tablespace image extracted by the extracting unit, a discrimination unit that discriminates a connection possibility between the tables based on table structure data of the tables of each page generated by the generating unit, a determination unit that determines a connection sequence for restoring an original table by connecting each of the tables based on the connection possibility between the tables discriminated by the discrimination unit, and a restoring unit that restores data on a single table before division by connecting each of the tables based on the connection sequence determined by the determination unit. | 01-17-2013 |
20130222855 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an image processing device including an image target separating unit that separates a read printed document into image targets, a page aggregation state determining unit that determines a page aggregation state of the read printed document based on a layout of the image targets separated by the image target separating unit, a printing direction determining unit that determines a printing direction of each of pages determined by the page aggregation state determining unit based on a features of each of the image targets separated by the image target separating unit, and a document format converting unit that converts a document format of the read printed document based on the results of the determination by the page aggregation state determining unit and the printing direction determining unit. | 08-29-2013 |
20140362389 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a ground color detecting unit that detects ground color information indicating a ground color from input first image data, a storage control unit that causes a storage unit to store a history of the ground color information detected by the ground color detecting unit, a setting unit that sets a first threshold value that is a reference of the ground color on the basis of a representative value of first ground color information indicating a first ground color included in the history stored in the storage unit, and a ground color removing unit that performs a ground color removal process for input second image data on the basis of the first threshold value set by the setting unit. | 12-11-2014 |
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20110170916 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS - A repulsive magnetic field is formed in a section immediately upstream of a regulating blade, so that generation of a developing-agent stationary layer is suppressed or eliminated. Accordingly, a developing apparatus capable of stably maintaining the layer thickness of developing agent conveyed to a developing area for a long time is provided. | 07-14-2011 |
20120314233 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT FORMS AN IMAGE USING AN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS - A texture processing unit obtains smoothness information from a paper type specifying unit or a smoothness measuring device, and a lookup table is selected corresponding to the smoothness. An image area division unit divides off image signals of a predetermined hue area from among converted image signals. Predetermined hue area refers to a hue area in which, among multiple areas of different hues, a toner transfer failure tends to occur at concave portions that exist on a printing surface of a printing medium. The image signal processing unit applies the lookup table selected by the texture processing unit on the image signals that have been divided off, thereby increasing the toner amounts at concave portions. | 12-13-2012 |
20130002791 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a photosensitive member; an exposure device configured to form plural solid patch latent images on the photosensitive member; a potential detecting device configured to detect a surface potential of the photosensitive member; a density detecting device configured to detect density of plural solid patch toner images developed by a developing device; and a control device configured to calculate a relation between an exposure amount of a solid image area and a theoretical value of the exposure amount and a ratio of an exposure amount of a line image area to that of the solid image area, based on detection results of the potential detecting device and the density detecting device, calculate, based on the ratio, a relation of the exposure amount of the line image area to the theoretical value, and modulate light output from the exposure device according to the relation. | 01-03-2013 |
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20120125225 | BODYSHELL STRUCTURE OF RAILCAR - A bodyshell of a railcar includes side outside plates and end bodyshells. The side outside plates are respectively provided at both end portions of an underframe in a vehicle width direction. The end bodyshell includes end outside plates and corner posts. The end outside plates are respectively provided at front and rear end portions of the underframe. The corner posts are respectively provided at four corners of the underframe and are joined to the end outside plates and the side outside plates. Moreover, the corner post includes a side plate joining portion. The side plate joining portion overlaps a front end portion of the side outside plates from an outer side in the vehicle width direction and is joined to the side outside plate. | 05-24-2012 |
20120199043 | BODYSHELL STRUCTURE OF RAILROAD VEHICLE - A bodyshell of a railcar includes side outside plates, end bodyshells, and guiding plates. The side outside plate are located at both end portions of a carbody in a vehicle width direction. The end bodyshell includes an end outside plate and a corner post. The end outside plates are located at both end portions of the carbody in the longitudinal direction. The corner posts are located at four corners of the carbody. The corner post is joined to the adjacent end outside plate and the adjacent side outside plate. The guiding plate is provided at the side outside plate so as to cover the corner post from a vehicle exterior. The guiding plate includes an inclined portion and a joining portion. The inclined portion is provided in front of the corner post and inclined to the rear side toward the side outside plate. | 08-09-2012 |
20130139718 | BODYSHELL STRUCTURE OF RAILCAR - The present invention is a bodyshell structure of a railcar, the bodyshell structure including: a side bodyshell including an outside plate portion, an inside plate portion, and a joint portion configured to join the outside plate portion and the inside plate portion; an inside window opening formed on the inside plate portion and provided inside the railcar; and an outside window opening formed on the outside plate portion and having a smaller opening area than the inside window opening, and at least one of the inside window opening and the outside window opening has an oval shape extending in the railcar longitudinal direction or a circular shape. | 06-06-2013 |
20130152820 | BODYSHELL STRUCTURE OF RAILCAR - The present invention is a bodyshell structure of a railcar, the bodyshell structure including a plurality of side window opening portions formed on a side bodyshell along a railcar longitudinal direction, and the side window opening portions include a plurality of large window opening portions arranged on a railcar-longitudinal-direction center portion of the side bodyshell and a plurality of small window opening portions arranged on both railcar-longitudinal-direction sides of the large window opening portions and each having a smaller opening area than the large window opening portion. | 06-20-2013 |
20130213259 | FLOOR STRUCTURE OF RAILCAR - Provided is a floor structure of a railcar in which thickness of a heat insulating material can be reduced while having predetermined heat resistance. The floor structure of the railcar includes a underframe having a pair of side sills extending in a railcar longitudinal direction and a cross beam arranged between the side sills and extending in a railcar width direction, a structural floor provided on an upper surface of the underframe, and a first heat insulating material arranged on a lower side of the structural floor via an air layer for the structural floor. | 08-22-2013 |
20130220169 | UNDERFRAME STRUCTURE OF RAILCAR - An underframe structure of a railcar capable of reducing a deformation amount of a cross beam supporting an underfloor equipment upon underfloor fire. The underframe structure of the railcar includes an underframe having a pair of side sills extending in a railcar longitudinal direction and a cross beam arranged between the side sills and extending in a railcar width direction, a structural floor provided on an upper surface of the underframe, and an underfloor equipment suspended down in a center part in the railcar width direction of the cross beam. The underframe structure includes a passenger cabin floor provided on an upper side of the structural floor, the passenger cabin floor forming a lower surface of a passenger cabin S, and floor receiving members supporting the passenger cabin floor and extending in the railcar longitudinal direction between the structural floor and the passenger cabin floor. | 08-29-2013 |
20130233200 | CRASH ENERGY ABSORBER OF RAILCAR - A crash energy absorber is provided at a front portion of a carbody of a railcar and configured to crush by a load from a front side to absorb crash energy. The crash energy absorber includes: a main absorbing portion extending in a front-rear direction; and a pair of sub absorbing portions respectively provided at upper and lower sides of the main absorbing portion. Each of the pair of sub absorbing portions is formed integrally with the main absorbing portion via breakable portions each extending in the front-rear direction. | 09-12-2013 |
20130239847 | OBSTACLE DEFLECTOR OF RAILCAR - An obstacle deflector provided at a front portion of an underframe of a carbody of a railcar includes an obstacle deflecting plate configured to protect the carbody from an obstacle on a railway track when the railcar is traveling. The obstacle deflecting plate includes a main plate portion provided to receive the obstacle by a surface thereof and having a curved shape that is convex toward a front side in a traveling direction in plan view and a sub plate portion projecting toward a rear side from the main plate portion and is continuously provided along the main plate portion so as to extend from a convex, curved front end portion of the main plate portion toward a pair of left and right side portions of the main plate portion, the left and right side portions being located at the rear side in the traveling direction. | 09-19-2013 |